Kagan told a University of Kentucky audience Thursday night that she took up the pastime after a meeting with a senator. He asked if she had ever hunted or fired a gun. She never had, so she told the senator she’d like to accompany him on a hunting trip. Kagan says the look on his face was “total horror.”

She promised to ask Scalia – an avid hunter – to take her hunting if she won confirmation.

After joining the court, she recounted the story to Scalia.

They started shooting together – first clay pigeons and then actual quail, pheasant and antelope.

Kagan, a member of the court’s liberal wing, says she enjoys hunting and spending time with Scalia, a conservative.